William John DANIELS

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DANIELS, William John

Service Number:	291
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Britton Ferry, Glamorganshire, South Wales, United Kingdom, 22 December 1877
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cellarman
Died:	Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 December 1961, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Plot: Wall 12, Section 14, Position 58
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 291, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 291, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 291, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

William John Daniels was born on 22 Dec 1877 at Britton Ferry, Glamorganshire, South Wales, a son to William Edward Daniels and Elizabeth Daniels (nee Rogers). He married Emily Isobel (Isabell) Graham on 19 Sep 1904 in Queensland and they had four children. He passed away at the Mount Olivet Hospital, Kangaroo Point, Queensland.

He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 291 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 2588 in the 26th Infantry Battallion transferring to the 52nd Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1. He was wounded in action on 1 Aug 1916 at Pozieres, France, suffering a gunshot wound to his right ankle. Due to his injury he was returned to Australia for discharge.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 48; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).

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